Sterilizing device for vibrators



R, T. CLEARY.

ST ERILIZING DEWCE FOIR MIBRATOVRS APPLICATiON FILED JUNE 21, I918.

" Patented Feb. 10, 192 i).

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, the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to sterilizing devices moreparticularly ofa type wherein the sterilizing operation is effected by fumes givenoffby a suitable fumigating side andend wall sectlons 9 and 18*.when

swung adjacent-theremalmng. wall sectlons 5 substance such asformaldehyde.

' It is the object of the present invention lap thereover, to thus closethe interior of w the casing. The'end wall section 18 and.

to provide a device adapted for sterilizing applicators such as rubbervibrating cups of the type commonly. employed in barber shops andmassaging" establishments, and

wherein the sterilizing operation may be carried out without removingthe applicator head from the motor shaft or other member to which it isnormally attached.

It is further the object of theinventionto provide a sterilizing devicewhich may be. secured to and carried by the shaft of the applicator inthe attached position of said applicator and'which'essentially includesa v casing for inclosing the head of the 'applicator and confining thefumes of the fumifrom an applicator and which is of exceed-1 inglysimple construction. whereby to permit a low cost of manufacture. i Withthe above and other objects and ad vantages in view, the inventionresides more particularly inthe novel combination, formationand-arrangement of parts herein.-

after described andrparticularly 'pointed' out in the appended claimr'In the accompanying drawings: 1

Figure 1. is a perspective vlew. showing the improved sterilizing deviceapplied to an ordinary vibrating massage cup.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional [view through the device. i Fig. 37'sa perspective view, of the device partlyfopen.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, there isshown a Application filed June 21, 19 18. are n 1241309., 1

found in a barber shop for facial massage and comprising a headcomposedof arub I ber cup 5 mounted onthe end of a shaft 6 Specification ofLetters'Patent; -Pat eniied l elo."16,1920.

. massage applicator: of theordinary type V projecting from and carriedby a motor 8.

1 The invention comprisesa casing formed of "the sidewalls 9, top andbottom walls l0 and 11 and end walls'12 and 13. This casmg is divided onan inclined plane intersecting substantially the central portions of thetop wall 10 and end wall 13, thus forming side wall sections 9 and endwall sec tions 13 and a top wall section lO and the wall portion 1O hasits inner edge connected with the adjacent edge of the remainingsectionof the top wall, whilethe the remaining wall sections areprovided with mating recesses 14: adaptedto receive may. be readilyapplied about or removed major or" body" portion thereof carries aspring catch .15 engageable with a keeper 16' on the hinged portion of.the casing.

For holding a certain amount'of fumigatmg materialin the casing,HQSClBGILPtLI'tltion 17 is provided,corresponding in shape I 'r to thecross sectional area of the casing, and

[provided with lateral flanges 18 on its sides adapted to fitfrictionally 'against the walls of the casing to 'maintain the partitionin place, this partition being readily removable.- In the presentstructure a pad 18 of;v

cotton or other absorbent material is held betweenthe partition 17 andthe end wall" 12 of'the casing, and this absorbent ma terial isimpregnated with formaldehydeor I 'thelike. V 7

An' exceedingly simple device has thus been provided which "willefficiently meet like may be readily sterilized without-the necessity.of removal from their carrylng shafts and" without necessitating any certain positioning of the applicator, since the deviceisdirectly appliedto and remains on l j the applicator until the latter isto be used.'What is claimed is:

i the conditions set forth, and. whereby the I rubber cups of massagingapplicators or the A sterilizing device for vibrators corn-5 clinedplane into a body and cover hingedly 7 connected at their rear edges andhaving at their front edges mating recesses, adapted to inelose the.vibrator shaft when the ap plicator stands'within the casing, a cateh011 the bodyadapted to engage 2t keeper on the I I coverto' hold thelatter closed, and a pad v Within the casing in'lpi'egna-ted with. aste1'i- V lizing compound Intestimonywhepeof I arifix my signature inthe presence'of two Witnesses.

- iRICHAR-D T. CLEARY. Vitnesses: 1 t

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